I know I shouldn't do it.....become overly wary.....threats by association.....smoke without fire, so on and so forth.....but after reading the following ; a more or less natural reaction I suppose....I don't go anywhere near YouTube !!!
Cyberclips 64 October.
IM Worm Uses URL Encoding to Spam Misleading YouTube Links
October 13th, 2010, 16:40 GMT| By Lucian Constantin
Security researchers warn that a new instant messaging worm uses URL encoding to create misleading links that direct users to fake YouTube pages.